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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2021

Duty-free store turns to cuddly toys to boost Lunar New Year sales

The items are taking the place of home appliances, from rice cookers to electric toilet seats, normally favored by Chinese tourists who travel to Japan to shop.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2021

Pelosi keeps up pressure over Capitol riot with 9/11-style panel

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Congress must create an independent Sept. 11-type commission to investigate the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol now that former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial has ended.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 15, 2021

New Zealand gets pandemic reality check as Auckland locked down

The country hasn't had to impose any restrictions since August last year when a community outbreak pushed Auckland into a three-week lockdown.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KANPAI CULTURE
Feb 13, 2021

SG Low: A street culture-inspired izakaya gets the speakeasy treatment

SG Group's newest cocktail bar has a pared-down atmosphere, but the food and drinks have a high-class global twist.
BASKETBALL
Feb 13, 2021

Japan forced to wait as FIBA cancels Asia Cup qualifiers due to COVID-19

The Japanese team began a training camp at Tokyo's National Training Center on Thursday and was scheduled to fly to Doha on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2021

Noah Lyles would rather run in empty stadium than have fans stay silent at Tokyo Games

'No chanting, no cheering — that kind of sucks,' said Lyles, when learning of the protocols during a video conference ahead of Saturday's meet.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 12, 2021

The Olympics can no longer be run from smoke-filled rooms

The cozy world of male-dominated politics that gave rise to Yoshiro Mori is no match for 21st century corporate sponsorship and athletic diplomacy.
Japan Times
ESG CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Think tank API critiques Japan's COVID policies under Abe, Suga

Within a year, the Japanese government has issued two states of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic under two prime ministers: Shinzo Abe and then Yoshihide Suga. When the Abe administration lifted the state of emergency last May, Abe attributed Japan’s success in keeping infections and deaths lower...
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Citizen revitalization projects take root in Tsukuba district

In the Oda district of the city of Tsukuba, citizens are starting to engage in projects aimed at revitalizing the community with support from older generations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2021

Republicans unmoved as Democrats use Trump's own words in case against him

GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Trump's closest allies in Congress, suggested the prosecution was futile, with most of his Republican colleagues already decided against conviction.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 12, 2021

Players in 'bubble' as Australian Open continues without fans

While the Grand Slam will be able to continue play, fans won't be allowed back at Melbourne Park until at least early next week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 12, 2021

Anti-Trump Republicans face major challenge in launching third party

The resistance to a third party among some of Trump's toughest Republican critics underscores the extreme difficulty of such a political revolt.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Feb 12, 2021

Fukuyama Castle, the only one built with iron plates in Japan

The venerable Fukuyama Castle is getting a grand renewal ahead of its 400th anniversary, restoring the history-scarred landmark to its Edo Period appearance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Feb 12, 2021

Koji Arano: Dating in a pandemic, ‘every encounter is now more valuable’

Through his YouTube channel Moteki Producer, Osaka native Koji Arano offers up relationship advice to a love-hungry audience.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 10, 2021

Japan's most famous activist investor steps up takeover battle with Carlyle

Analysts say Yoshiaki Murakami may have a controversial past, but his campaigns generate returns for other stock owners.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 10, 2021

Spring Basho's Tokyo relocation a loss for Kansai-area sumo fans

Even though the March tournament will go ahead this year, the fact that it will be in Tokyo rather than Osaka means the annual event will be missing some of its trademarks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 10, 2021

'Rude and insolent': Fraught talks preceded coup by Myanmar army

Interviews with government advisers and others who worked with Aung San Suu Kyi help reconstruct the events that led to the Feb. 1 coup.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 8, 2021

Tom Brady’s seventh Super Bowl win ends NFL’s most challenging year

Brady guided the Buccaneers to a 31-9 romp that recalibrated his own standard for greatness.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2021

Clubhouse app offers Chinese rare glimpse of censor-free debate

The U.S. app Clubhouse erupted among Chinese social-media users over the weekend, with thousands joining discussions on contentious subjects such as Taiwan and Xinjiang undisturbed by Beijing’s censors.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2021

Budget talks overshadowed as more issues pile up for Suga

There is mounting pressure on the prime minister on issues ranging from a potential ethics violation involving a family member to sexist remarks by the Tokyo Games chair.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2021

A new golden age for Japanese entrepreneurs

No matter how small the startup, because of COVID-19, it can finally hire people, build teams, invest in what always yields the highest returns for any new venture — human capital.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2021

One year after the Diamond Princess outbreak, COVID-19 lessons still to be learned

The outbreak of COVID-19 on a cruise ship anchored off Yokohama last February provided an early test of Japan's defenses against a deadly virus that would later go on to upend our lives.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Feb 5, 2021

Kyoto Experiment marks a new era

The international performing arts festival has three new program directors and a renewed focus on experimentation.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 4, 2021

Myanmar’s coup must be reversed

During the darkest days of Myanmar's military junta, Tokyo governments worried that isolating Myanmar would push it into China's sphere of influence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2021

Thailand revives prison terms for royal insults to stop protests

The fresh charges appear to be a tactical shift in a bid to silence the key leaders of the protests.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2021

GameStop frenzy is lost in translation for Japan’s day traders

Whatever the reason, Japan's throngs of retail investors seems reluctant to get too involved in the GameStop Corp. trading frenzy that has shaken markets worldwide.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
Delta routes new Airbus plane to Tokyo to sidestep Trump tariffs
Delta Air Lines signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York on April 9. The airline is flying a new Airbus SE plane through Japan to skirt U.S. import tariffs.
High levels of PFAS found in blood of Osaka factory workers
The levels of a type of "forever chemical" found in seven current and former employees at Daikin Industries' Yodogawa plant in Osaka Prefecture were about 38 times those for nearby residents, according to a survey conducted by a team including Kyoto University.
Could this be Japan’s year at the Kentucky Derby?
Christophe Lemaire rides Admire Daytona, who was bred in Japan, during the UAE Derby at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on April 5.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
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